<p>Is a master degree for chemical engineering a good idea? If I plan to just do an undergraduate degree should I go to UCLA or UIUC? Thanks.</p>
<p>Either school is fine. Base the decision on cost and location.</p>
<p>I don’t think a MS in ChemE is worth it. But that just me, with a BS in ChemE. I have MS’ working for me. It has more to do with what you do with what you got than with what you got.</p>
<p>Some statistics I found from University Delaware Chemical Engineering might help. In 2010 they graduated 33 chemical engineers. 9 went right into a job in industry. 10 went to graduate school for chemical engineering, 4 went to graduate school for another degree, 9 were still looking after 4 months and 1 refused to participate in the survey.</p>